com.vaadin.ui
Class TextArea

java.lang.Object
  com.vaadin.terminal.AbstractClientConnector
      com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent
          com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField<String>
              com.vaadin.ui.AbstractTextField
                  com.vaadin.ui.TextArea

All Implemented Interfaces:

Buffered, BufferedValidatable, Property<String>, Property.Editor, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeListener, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeNotifier, Property.ValueChangeListener, Property.ValueChangeNotifier, Property.Viewer, Validatable, Action.ShortcutNotifier, FieldEvents.BlurNotifier, FieldEvents.FocusNotifier, FieldEvents.TextChangeNotifier, MethodEventSource, Connector, ClientConnector, RpcTarget, Sizeable, Vaadin6Component, VariableOwner, Component, Component.Focusable, Field<String>, Serializable, EventListener

public class TextArea
extends AbstractTextField

A text field that supports multi line editing.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractTextField

AbstractTextField.TextChangeEventImpl, AbstractTextField.TextChangeEventMode

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField

AbstractField.FocusShortcut, AbstractField.ReadOnlyStatusChangeEvent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent

AbstractComponent.ComponentErrorEvent, AbstractComponent.ComponentErrorHandler

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.VariableOwner

VariableOwner.ErrorEvent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.ui.Component

Component.ErrorEvent, Component.ErrorListener, Component.Event, Component.Focusable, Component.Listener

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.Sizeable

Sizeable.Unit

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.ui.Field

Field.ValueChangeEvent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.data.Buffered

Buffered.SourceException

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.data.Property

Property.Editor, Property.ReadOnlyException, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeListener, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeNotifier, Property.Transactional<T>, Property.ValueChangeListener, Property.ValueChangeNotifier, Property.Viewer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.Sizeable

SIZE_UNDEFINED, UNITS_CM, UNITS_EM, UNITS_EX, UNITS_INCH, UNITS_MM, UNITS_PERCENTAGE, UNITS_PICAS, UNITS_PIXELS, UNITS_POINTS

Constructor Summary

TextArea()
Constructs an empty TextArea.

TextArea(Property dataSource)
Constructs a TextArea with given property data source.

TextArea(String caption)
Constructs an empty TextArea with given caption.

TextArea(String caption, Property dataSource)
Constructs a TextArea with given caption and property data source.

TextArea(String caption, String value)
Constructs a TextArea with given caption and value.

Method Summary

int	getRows() Gets the number of rows in the text area.
TextAreaState	getState() Returns the shared state bean with information to be sent from the server to the client.
boolean	isWordwrap() Tests if the text area is in word-wrap mode.
void	setRows(int rows) Sets the number of rows in the text area.
void	setWordwrap(boolean wordwrap) Sets the text area's word-wrap mode on or off.

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractTextField

addListener, addListener, addListener, changeVariables, getColumns, getCursorPosition, getInputPrompt, getMaxLength, getNullRepresentation, getTextChangeEventMode, getTextChangeTimeout, getType, isEmpty, isNullSettingAllowed, paintContent, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, selectAll, setColumns, setCursorPosition, setInputPrompt, setInternalValue, setMaxLength, setNullRepresentation, setNullSettingAllowed, setSelectionRange, setTextChangeEventMode, setTextChangeTimeout, setValue, updateState

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField

addListener, addListener, addValidator, attach, commit, detach, discard, fireReadOnlyStatusChange, fireValueChange, focus, getConversionError, getConversionError, getConvertedValue, getConverter, getCurrentBufferedSourceException, getErrorMessage, getInternalValue, getPropertyDataSource, getRequiredError, getTabIndex, getValidators, getValue, isBuffered, isInvalidAllowed, isInvalidCommitted, isModified, isReadOnly, isReadThrough, isRequired, isValid, isValidationVisible, isWriteThrough, readOnlyStatusChange, removeAllValidators, removeListener, removeListener, removeValidator, setBuffered, setConversionError, setConvertedValue, setConverter, setConverter, setCurrentBufferedSourceException, setInvalidAllowed, setInvalidCommitted, setPropertyDataSource, setReadOnly, setReadThrough, setRequired, setRequiredError, setTabIndex, setValidationVisible, setValue, setWriteThrough, shouldHideErrors, toString, validate, validate, valueChange

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent

addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addShortcutListener, addStyleName, findAncestor, fireComponentErrorEvent, fireComponentEvent, fireEvent, getActionManager, getApplication, getCaption, getComponentError, getData, getDebugId, getDescription, getErrorHandler, getHeight, getHeightUnits, getIcon, getListeners, getLocale, getParent, getRoot, getStyle, getStyleName, getWidth, getWidthUnits, handleError, hasListeners, isConnectorEnabled, isEnabled, isImmediate, isVisible, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeShortcutListener, removeStyleName, requestRepaint, setCaption, setComponentError, setData, setDebugId, setDescription, setEnabled, setErrorHandler, setHeight, setHeight, setIcon, setImmediate, setLocale, setParent, setSizeFull, setSizeUndefined, setStyle, setStyleName, setVisible, setWidth, setWidth

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.terminal.AbstractClientConnector

addExtension, addMethodInvocationToQueue, createState, getAllChildrenIterable, getConnectorId, getExtensions, getRpcManager, getRpcProxy, getStateType, registerRpc, registerRpc, removeExtension, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.VariableOwner

isEnabled, isImmediate

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.ui.Component

addListener, addStyleName, attach, getApplication, getCaption, getDebugId, getIcon, getLocale, getParent, getRoot, getStyleName, isEnabled, isReadOnly, isVisible, removeListener, removeStyleName, setCaption, setDebugId, setEnabled, setIcon, setReadOnly, setStyleName, setVisible

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.ClientConnector

detach, getExtensions, getStateType, isConnectorEnabled, removeExtension, requestRepaint, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls, setParent

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.client.Connector

getConnectorId

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.RpcTarget

getRpcManager

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.terminal.Sizeable

getHeight, getHeightUnits, getWidth, getWidthUnits, setHeight, setHeight, setSizeFull, setSizeUndefined, setWidth, setWidth

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.event.Action.ShortcutNotifier

addShortcutListener, removeShortcutListener

Constructor Detail

TextArea

public TextArea()

Constructs an empty TextArea.

TextArea

public TextArea(String caption)

Constructs an empty TextArea with given caption.

Parameters:

caption - the caption for the field.

TextArea

public TextArea(Property dataSource)

Constructs a TextArea with given property data source.

Parameters:

dataSource - the data source for the field

TextArea

public TextArea(String caption,
                Property dataSource)

Constructs a TextArea with given caption and property data source.

Parameters:

caption - the caption for the field

dataSource - the data source for the field

TextArea

public TextArea(String caption,
                String value)

Constructs a TextArea with given caption and value.

Parameters:

caption - the caption for the field

value - the value for the field

Method Detail

getState

public TextAreaState getState()

Description copied from class: AbstractComponent

Returns the shared state bean with information to be sent from the server to the client. Subclasses should override this method and set any relevant fields of the state returned by super.getState().

Specified by:

getState in interface Connector

Specified by:

getState in interface Component

Overrides:

getState in class AbstractTextField

Returns:

updated component shared state

setRows

public void setRows(int rows)

Sets the number of rows in the text area.

Parameters:

rows - the number of rows for this text area.

getRows

public int getRows()

Gets the number of rows in the text area.

Returns:

number of explicitly set rows.

setWordwrap

public void setWordwrap(boolean wordwrap)

Sets the text area's word-wrap mode on or off.

Parameters:

wordwrap - the boolean value specifying if the text area should be in word-wrap mode.

isWordwrap

public boolean isWordwrap()

Tests if the text area is in word-wrap mode.

Returns:

true if the component is in word-wrap mode, false if not.